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10 Things Happy Leaders Do Differently

Joseph Lalonde, a leaders’ coach, explains there are 10 Things Happy Leaders Do Differently.

1. Exercise: Happy leaders know they need to take care of their bodies.

2.  Care: Happy leaders care for their team.

3. Relax: Happy leaders know they need to take a break here and there.

4. Share: Happy leaders know they can’t keep everything to themselves.

5. Eat: Happy leaders know they need to eat. Eating can be a catalyst in getting to know others.

6. Teach: Happy leaders are also teachers.

7. Help: Happy leaders are always looking for the next person they can help.

8. Quiet: Happy leaders realize quiet times are a godsend.

9. Pass: Happy leaders are willing to pass on ideas that don’t align with their vision.

10. Laugh: Happy leaders are fond of laughing.

Read more: 10 Things Happy Leaders Do Differently.

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10 skills hard to learn that will pay you off forever

Fruitful skills at work can sometimes be hard to learn and practice.

Here’s some tips to boost your work every day.

  1. Time Management: planning is the first step and needs discipline. To do list and scheduling will help you to focus.
  2. Empathy: do you feel what people feel? That’s the key to foster the team spirit in your office.
  3. Mastering your sleep: Better sleep helps, as many medical studies confirm.
  4. Positive self talk: it doesn’t matter what others think of you, but what you think of yourself certainly does. Are you confident enough with yourself?
  5. Consistency: to maintain a top position you have to work harder.
  6. Asking for help: when you ask people for advice, you validate their intelligence or expertise, which makes you more likely to win them over.
  7. Shut up, if needed, but also listen
  8. Listening: along with shutting up comes listening
  9. Mind your business: it will take time, but will surely help the atmosphere at work.
  10. And finally master your thoughts, directing them to what you want to do and accomplish.

Read the full article: the 10 tips

 

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3 Ways to Actually Help Your Team (and Yourself!)

David M. Dye is President of Trailblaze, Inc and shares twenty years experience teaching, coaching, leading, and managing.

In his article he explains how a leader can be helpful to his team without solving problems for them. He provides 3 important steps:

1) Remove obstacles
2) Get them the resources they need
3) Help them think

The team members will come up with their own solution.

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